Whatever Happened to the International Churches of Christ? – Part 2: Beliefs and Analysis – Tal Davis

April 3, 2021   |  

In the last installment of this two part series, updating the International Churches of Christ (ICOC), we examined the life of its founder, Kip McKean, and its history from the 1970s and 80s as the Boston Church of Christ (http://www.marketfaith.org/2021/04/whatever-happened-to-the-international-churches-of-christ-part-1-history-and-controversy-tal-davis/). We looked at how McKean rapidly expanded the…
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Whatever Happened to the International Churches of Christ? – Part 1: History and Controversy – Tal Davis

April 3, 2021   |  

In the late 1970s, a new controversial movement suddenly appeared on the United States religious landscape. It went by the name of the Boston Church of Christ. Later it moved its headquarters and became officially known as the International Churches of Christ (ICOC). During the 70s and into the 1990s,…
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Abortion and Progressive Evangelicals- What Do They Expect?

March 10, 2021   |  

I don’t usually engage political issues in this blog. I prefer to address moral and theological principles. However, this week it was reported that a group of what we might term “progressive evangelical pro-life Christians” expressed their great disappointment with the current administration. An open letter was published Tuesday from…
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Christian Adoption Agencies are Being Bullied into Compromising Their Standards

March 2, 2021   |  

An article this week in Christianity Today (CT Online 3/1/21) reports that one of the largest Christian adoption agencies in America has changed an important policy regarding placing children for adoption and foster care. Bethany Christian Services (BCS) has indicated that it will now place children in homes with homosexual…
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Another Look at the Church of Scientology? – Tal Davis

February 19, 2021   |  

Recently one of the jazz world’s biggest stars passed away. For more than fifty years pianist Chick Corea performed with some of the world’s top jazz bands and musicians. A winner of numerous awards, including several Grammys, Corea had a highly successful career in the recording business. So what was…
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